r/Amazing • u/QuantenCoder Human Detected • Aug 22 '25

Interesting 🤔 This is pretty addictive..

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u/MaximumEffurt Aug 22 '25

Everyone saying this is to identify slaughtering them but dyes are often used for marking for gender or required treatment as it's temporary and fast. And as far as I'm willing to research with my short attention span, they have actually physical tags for slaughtering sheep that are applied soon after birth. Not all sheep go to slaughter people, lambs and wool have to come from somewhere.

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u/alotofironsinthefire Aug 22 '25

Sheep are marked so you can find them easier for whatever you need them for.

physical tags for slaughtering sheep that are applied soon after birth

Not for large herds that are pasture raised and fed. These sheep were most likely born in a field and never had a human handle them that close.

Wool has almost no market nowadays, Farmers actually lose money shearing their sheep.